The Pinball Show Ep 33: They Call Me Mr. Zach Shivers
The Pinball Show Ep 33: They Call Me Mr. Zach Shivers Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - A Happy Kriesel Birthday - No Guest For YOU! - Stern Banner Giveaway - Buffalo Pinball Streams Guns N...
Highlights
- Guns N' Roses LE ($12,500+) sold out in day one with 500 units, an unprecedented achievement for JJP
- The Guns N' Roses promotional trailer had significantly higher view counts than Marvel's Avengers trailer within 24 hours
- High-level competitive players expressed concerns about banning Guns N' Roses from tournaments due to excessive multiballs and generous shot geometry
- Ken Cromwell handled all coordination, editing, and media strategy for the Guns N' Roses reveal including trailers and rules overview video
- This is the best theme integration in pinball machine history according to community reaction
- Jersey Jack was caught by surprise with demand, resulting in order cancellations and distributor allocation shortages
- Eric Menier personally called Zach and Greg on release day to thank them before the game launched
- Dennis views Guns N' Roses as overly focused on theme integration at the expense of competitive gameplay depth
Notable quotes
“this was so...the numbers that avengers has a month's worth of numbers and the jjp guns and roses figures are so many thousands ahead after 24 hours”
“A $12,500 plus shipping machine, 500 units, selling out the first day is absurd. It's unbelievable.”
“This game has the best theme integration of any pinball machine I can think of ever, ever.”
“I think you'll pay a price on gameplay for it”
“The orbits on this thing, the orbits on this game are smoother and better than any orbits on a jersey jack pinball machine”
“Eric Menier...to call me personally on the day of release before this thing was released to tell me how grateful he was”
“I think this is a fact that the way that that rolled out sold a shitload of products.”
“I think you're going to be eating crow a little bit on the layout once you get a chance to play it.”
Entities
- Buffalo Pinball· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Avengers (Stern)· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean (JJP)· game
- The Hobbit· game
- Wonka· game
- Straight Down The Middle· media
- The Pinball Show· media
- The Pinball Network· organization
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Eric Menier· person
- Greg Bona· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Ken Rudberg· person
- Kevin Manning· person
- Travis Murray· person
- Zach Shivers· person
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